That's nearly two and a half times around Earth! For the first time, Coca Cola has shown that it uses 3,000,000 tons of plastic bottles each year.

这差不多是地球的2.5倍！这是第一次可口可乐公司表示它每年使用300万吨塑料瓶。

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In 2008, for the first time in human history, more than half the world's populations was living in towns and cities.

2008年，超过一半的世界人口居住在城镇中，这是有史以来的第一次。

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In 2015, the US Forest Service for the first time spent more than half of its $5.5 billion annual budget fighting fires—nearly double the percentage it spent on such efforts 20 years ago.

2015年，美国林务局首次使用55亿美元年度预算的一半以上用于灭火——这几乎是20年前火灾支出所占比例的两倍。

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In the first match, England's Frank Lampard would have tied the score at 2-all before half-time, but officials did not see his shot bounceacross the goal line and rebound out after hitting under the crossbar.

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The style of warfare that emerges in this period, apparently for the first time, is what we call the hoplite phalanx and each half of that needs to be explained.

显然,这个时期第一次出现了,一种独特的战争形式,那就是重步兵方阵,我来给大家分别解释下这两个词

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Then the first time so he came up a major third there and then quickly backed off with just a half step below it, which completely gave it a different feel.

于是开始的时候,乐曲中出现一个大三和弦,然后快速地降低了半个音,这种变化给人完全不同的感受

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Brazil's Oscar gave them the lead in the 43rd minute after a pass from Frank Lampard, who grabbed the second in first half stoppage time.

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Midfielder Richie Wellens should have done much better from the edge of the box, and then in first half injury time they grabbed a well deserved lifeline.

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The tireless Tevez scored the second in first half stoppage time as he got a touch to Gareth Barry's header to lift the ball over Thomas Sorensen.

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